The World's Largest Computer in 1951

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Mk said:
Thread. What was it?

Apple sells a software product that provides aadvanced digital compositing. When you add milk what do you get? You can make it in your blender, or buy it from McDonalds.

Goodnight, its 12:30 here, you'll know if you get the answer or not.


Shake?

Just a hunch!
 
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It's the world's largest one of its type, and it's twice as big as the next-largest one, which is in Georgia, USA. It contains 53 miles of cabling just to support itself.
 
brewnog said:
It contains 53 miles of cabling just to support itself.
Suspension bridge?
 
brewnog said:
No, but I was hoping you'd say that :smile:
You set that whole bridge thing up on the other thread just to fake me out here, didn't you?

brewnog said:
It's covered in Teflon!
My next guess would have been Moonbear's bra, until you mentioned the Teflon.
 
brewnog said:
Shake?

Just a hunch!

I stayed up, shake is half of it. add milk. It is milkshake. Good job.
 
Is it the longest cable car system?
 
Mk said:
Is it the longest cable car system?

Nope, I wouldn't make it that easy!

Danger said:
You set that whole bridge thing up on the other thread just to fake me out here, didn't you?

Yeah, and it worked. Hurrah!
Danger said:
My next guess would have been Moonbear's bra, until you mentioned the Teflon.

Heh, good guess, but no.

Ironically, it's probably more similar to half of moonbear's bra, with a scaling factor taken into account. The heating system is probably still there though...
 
brewnog said:
Ironically, it's probably more similar to half of moonbear's bra, with a scaling factor taken into account. The heating system is probably still there though...
Sports dome?
 
brewnog said:
Getting there...

It's got 12 masts.
A sports boat? :biggrin:
 
Danger said:
A sports boat? :biggrin:


Hah, no.

But it could fit an Eiffel tower inside it (if you turned the Eiffel tower on its side, and moved it a bit).
 
brewnog said:
Hah, no.
Well, I got to go work a 10-hour shift now. I'll ponder this all day, come up with a truly brilliant solution, then come back and find out how humiliatingly wrong I am. Later, bud.
 
FredGarvin said:
The Millenium Dome? I believe the Georgia Dome in Atlanta is another fabric roof.


Correct!

The Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London, consisting of a PTFE-coated GFRP roof supported by twelve steel masts, is the largest dome in the world. Designed by the Richard Rogers partnership, it was full of crap until it was closed due to having less than a quarter the number of visitors it was supposed to have.
 
Incidently, that was correct about the "self starter" back there. Sorry I wasn't awake to confirm it.
 
Here's an easy time filler till Fred gets back:

It shatters when struck, but oozes slowly into a puddle when left alone.

What is it called, and what is it made from?
 
brewnog said:
Ice, and water?
An answer that fits the clue exactly, so, you're right, but that isn't the substance I had in mind. The one I mean doesn't exist in Nature.
 
zoobyshoe said:
Here's an easy time filler till Fred gets back:

It shatters when struck, but oozes slowly into a puddle when left alone.

What is it called, and what is it made from?

Would it be cornflour mixed with water?
 
matthyaouw said:
Would it be cornflour mixed with water?
Cornstarch and water behaves similarly, but the stuff I'm referring to wouldn't dry out over time. Different constituents.
 
how about silly putty? (gooey stuff designed for kids to play with). Don't know what its made of.
 
matthyaouw said:
how about silly putty? (gooey stuff designed for kids to play with). Don't know what its made of.
That is it! It is made of boric acid and silicone oil, heated to perfection.

Your turn.
 
Invented in the 1930s this was a new variation on something well known previously. Its new twist allowed it to be a lot louder than its predecessors. It is still commonly used today.
 
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matthyaouw said:
Invented in the 1930s this was a new variation on something well known previously. Its new twist allowed it to be a lot louder than its predecessors. It is still commonly today.
The rolled paper jacket for firecrackers?
 
Not what I was thinking of. You're quite cold at th moment.

And yes, that guy's hair looks uncannily familiar.
 
matthyaouw said:
Not what I was thinking of. You're quite cold at th moment.
The paper cone in the electromagnetic loudspeaker?
 
Nope again, but you're much much closer. It does rely on vibration.
 

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